Apache and or PHP Timeouts - Stumped.

Question

I have a PHP script that when called via a browser it times-out after exactly 60 seconds. I have modified httpd.conf and set the Timeout directive to be 300. I have modified all PHP timeout settings to extend longer than 60 seconds. When I run the script from the command line it will complete. When I execute through browser each time after 60 seconds, POOF, timeout.

I have also checked for the existence of timeout directives in any of the .htaccess files. Nothing there.. I am completely stumped.

I am also forcing set_time_limit(0) within the PHP code.

I've been digging and testing for a week and have exhausted my knowledge. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You need to make sure you are setting a higher timeout limit both in PHP and in Apache.

If you set a high max_execution_time in php.ini your script won't timeout, however, if you are not flushing the output butter of the script's results to the browser on a regular basis, the script might time out on the Apache end due to a network timeout.

In httpd.conf do:

Timeout 216000

In php.ini do:

max_execution_time = 0

(setting it to 0 makes it never time out, like with a CLI (command line) script).

Make sure you restart Apache after you are done! On most linux distro's you can do this by issuing the command (as root):

service httpd restart

Hope this helps!